Jewell Whittington

Coats, NC:  Mrs. Jewell McLamb Whittington, age 96, died Thursday, October 17, 2013, at Oak Hill Assisted Living Center in Angier. Funeral services will be 11:00AM Saturday, October 19, 2013, at Coats Baptist Church. Officiating will be Rev. Jesse Mooney. Burial will follow in Erwin Memorial Park.      Mrs. Whittington was born November 23, 1916 in Harnett County to the late James Henderson and Ida Florence Wheeler McLamb.  She was also preceded in death by her husband of 73 years, Garland Leon Whittington.  Mrs. Whittington was a member of Coats Baptist Church and was a homemaker.       Surviving are daughters & sons-in-law, Wanda W. & Bobby Murray of Coats and Julia W. & Peter Marriott of Waynesville, NC; sons, Elwood Leon Whittington and Garland Robert Whittington, both of Coats; granddaughter & husband, Beverly M.  & Wayne Smith of Fuquay Varina; and great grandson, Matthew L. Sadler.      Family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Coats from 6:00PM to 8:00PM Friday, October 18, 2013, and other times at the home of Wanda & Bobby Murray, 106 Paul Clayton Circle, Coats, NC  27521.      Flowers are welcomed; however, memorials may be made to the Coats Baptist Church, P. O. Box 297, Coats, NC  27521.